31/07/1917 was not a good day for poets

The grave of  Francis Ledwidge...

...and the grave of Ellis Evans, both poets, both died on 31/07/1917 and are buried in  Artillery Wood Cemetery

Ledwidge is commemorated by this cycle and foot path

Not looking good for the new 24 bus...

Doesn't bode well

Kentish Town on the first day of the new 24 bus and this was the view

Birminghambeerbash

The dock at the Bond Co

Indian afterwards at the Hen and Chickens, Constitution Hill, awesome!

Margate

A day trip to Margate on a recce mission...

Nice pub, good beer, a dozen ciders, none too shabby at all...

Stlllage for 9 beers

Tide's out...

Graffiti artists at work all round town...

You ain't goin' nowhere...

The smell of the rotting seaweed should be warning enough...

Normandy

27 June to 7 July 2013

A 10 day trip by bike around the Contentin Peninsula, and a bus trip to Le Havre...

 At Portsmouth Harbour, ready to go...

 Eilís and a big statue of a small man from Corsica

 Local apple juice

 

 Utah Beach

One of the many Blockhausen dotted along the coast

The Peace Monument outside Grandcamp-Maisy

A single, solitary grave at Grandcamp-Maisy, looked after by the CWGC.
N R Peel

Must be in France, baguette on board.

Footprints on Omaha Beach.

The view of Omaha Beach from the campsite we stayed on.

The grave of the Grandfather of one of Eilís's colleagues.T A M Ionides

Blockhaus at the campsite with poppies.

The memorial at Omaha Beach.

Omaha Beach as seen from the Blockhaus.

Pegasus Bridge, one of the main objective on D-Day.

Shadows.

Omaha Beach, near sunset.

Self-explanatory, really.

Catching the sunset.

Pont de Normandie as seen from the bus. Bleedin' massive!

St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre.
St Joseph's

Aoife's letter...

 

   ... in its bottle.